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Whilst speculated that the town was named after an 1852 song "Lilly Dale" by H. S. Thompson, evidence shows it was named after an early settler, Lilly de Castella.

Most of Victoria has been named after prominent citizens or with traditional Aboriginal names. Lilly de Castella was one of four daughters of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Anderson and his wife Mary.

Joseph Anderson was one of eight

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